Oracle, NetApp Drop ZFS Patent Suit

Posted by Soulskill on Friday September 10, 2010 @12:46AM from the there-will-be-peace-in-our-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It seems Oracle and NetApp have kissed and made up over the ZFS patent lawsuit. Before Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, NetApp sued Sun claiming ZFS infringed on its patents. Sun later sued NetApp back. From today, all is forgotten and Oracle and NetApp are friends. NetApp CEO Tom Georgens even said the two companies have shared a 'common vision' focused on providing solutions that reduce IT cost and complexity. Both companies now want collaboration between them to continue."

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Re:Why, oh why do I get the feeling by Teckla · 2010-09-10 02:10 · Score: 5, Insightful

Prediction: Google and Oracle are going to patch things up like nothing ever happened. You heard it here.
Of course Oracle and Google will come to an amicable settlement.
Software patents don't hurt big companies. Big companies can either cut a big check or cross license patents with each other.
Unfortunately, software patents hurt virtually everyone else.